From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Now that they’ve got the bike snake out to the fairgrounds, Jeremy and crew are putting the finishing touches on their latest multi-rider bike. They were […]
A bike-tastic opportunity for anyone who’s in Austin for Maker Faire already: come escort Austin Bike Zoo’s bike snake! We’ll be riding from the Ihop on Koenig Lane by I-35 to Travis County Expo Center at 11pm, Tuesday. If you’d like to ride along side the snake, just bring your night riding lights, bicycle, and […]
I really love these “modern doilies” from Ply Textiles, which are created by stitching together hexagon shapes from re-purposed wool sweaters. There’s something modern and earthy about them at the same time.
Matt Mets made this cat-leidoscope out of three wall mirrors from IKEA and used it to take pictures of his cat. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Monday evening. More: DIY kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope your photos DIY Camera kaleidoscope HOW TO – Make your own kaleidoscope Simple Laser Kaleidoscope From the pages […]
Once Upon a Plate tried out the “Samoa” Girl Scout Cookie-inspired recipe from Baking Bites a try, with tasty-looking results.
What do you get when Martha Stewart has a halloween pet costume contest? This headless horseman on a chocolate lab. It’s so cute I can hardly bear it. (Thanks, Brandon!)
One of the many wonderful things about editing The Best of Instructables was getting to delve deeper into the content on the site and getting to know (or at least the work of) some of the characters that make Instructables their virtual workshop. One such person is Tim Anderson (who I mainly knew of from […]
